This is a really useful Part 2 IELTS Listening (Book 15) about a community that closed their road to traffic so that the children could play safely outside.

It practises Multiple Choice and Choosing from a list.

Useful vocab:

'the idea caught on' = the idea became very popular in other places

'give it a go' = try it

Useful grammar:

Present Perfect vs Past Simple

'The scheme's been up and running for 3 years' = 'The Street Paly Scheme first took place 3 years ago'.

'Be able to' with conditionals

'We'd love to be able to close our road for longer'.

Conditionals

• 'People can use their cars as long as they drive at under 20kph'.
• 'They're happy to see children outside - even if it does get quite noisy'.
• 'Kids are getting fresh air, even if they're not doing anything energetic'.

Past Perfect

• As we'd predicted, air quality was better, but what I hadn't expected was how much quieter it would be.

Academic Task 1 Vocabulary

• 'Sales in the shops went up considerably'.

Writing Task 2: talking about benefits/outcomes

• develop confidence
• get fresh air
• get to know people in the street
• air quality was significantly better/less air pollution
• much quieter/less noise pollution
• they felt safer/improved safety

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